Paul Pennisi - Vatopedi,Mount Athos,1970

Features

Artist:  Paul Pennisi (1930-2018)

Subject:  Views/City Glimpses

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description

Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right. To the back another signature, title and date of the work. Paul Pennisi, who was born in Acireale by the noble family of Floristella Pennisi, divi to his life between Sicily,Milan, Rome and Greece, distinguished for his geometric landscapes and the backgrounds in byzantine painting "houses, the castles, fortresses, clinging strongly between the blue infinity of the sky and the most compact and mobile of the sea, and temples, huge columns and torn up ...". The proposed subject is part of this production glimpses and geometric, and is set to Vatopedi, Greek centre is home to one of the twenty monasteries of the orthodox Church of the Republic of Mount Athos: Pennisi was tied to this place because it's by the monks of mount Athos, he learned the technique of applying gold leaf on wood, which he used for the realization of its well-known precious works on wood,“icons profane”, characterized by the absence of human figures. The work in the frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, has small signs of wear and tear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 92
Width: 122
Depth: 5,5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 70
Width: 100

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